LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A decision on whether to fill Laredo’s vacant District 8 seat through a special election has been pushed back. The city had been expected to decide whether to fill the seat in a special election to run alongside November’s ballot. The seat became open after council member Al...
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WAXAHACHIE, Texas ( KWTX /Gray News) — A Texas mother is facing two counts of capital murder after authorities said she shot and killed her sons Thursday morning. Forty-two-year-old Colleen Nichole Lemmon of Waxahachie was booked into the Wayne McCollum Detention Center following...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Police are blocking lanes in multiple directions at E. Clark and Tilden following a reported accident, according to the Laredo Police Department. Eastbound and westbound lanes on Clark are closed from Logan to Hendricks. Northbound and southbound lanes on Ti...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - SNAP benefit payments increased starting Thursday, Oct. 1, as cost-of-living adjustments took effect, while stricter eligibility rules are expected in the coming months. For a family of four, the adjustment adds about $29 a month. The increase is meant to of...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Emergency teams across Webb County positioned equipment Thursday, Oct. 1, as heavy rain moved into the area. The city of Laredo and the Webb County Sheriff’s Office held briefings to outline road closures, shelters and rescue efforts. Crews stage rescue equi...
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TOPEKA, Kan. ( WIBW /Gray News) - Healing continues for Audrey Austin following a brutal dog attack back in July , when she was 24 weeks pregnant, that changed her life forever. “I’m going to stay strong, and I’m going to keep moving, and it’s going to take time to forgive the p...
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BUENA VISTA, Colo. (Gray News) — Quick-acting police officers and first responders helped save the life of a choking infant in Colorado, authorities said. The Buena Vista Police Department said officers responded on the night of Sept. 27 to an emergency call reporting an infant w...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Classes started late across Laredo ISD Thursday, Oct. 1, following weather delays. The district pushed back classes to keep students safe on slick roads during expected heavy rainfall. Students adjust to schedule changes Amariz Martinez, a student at Nixon H...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Nearly 900 Alexander High School students completed voter registration forms Thursday, Oct. 1, through a campus drive hosted by Get Out the Vote. Most are 17-year-old seniors preparing to turn 18 ahead of Election Day. The deadline to register to vote is Mon...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. ( WVLT /Gray News) - A Tennessee anesthesiologist is weighing in on what may have gone wrong during the botched execution of Christa Pike. Dr. Paul Allen, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said the details coming ...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump left the White House on Thursday afternoon to start a monthlong midterm campaign tour, beginning in Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama, three Republican-leaning states. The tour aims to build support for members of the president’s party who ...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Artificial intelligence has become a recent hot topic of debate on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers consider how to move forward with the quickly changing technology. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (D) is one lawmaker proposing legislation that supports humans while als...
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BOTHELL, Wash. ( KPTV /Gray News) — Public health officials say more than a dozen people were sickened by a parasite linked to a hotel swimming pool. Health officials in King County shared that an investigation was opened earlier this summer after 14 people reported falling ill a...
